The Wisdom Project Podcast Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History

In early 2021, the Nunn Center and Dr. Janice Fernheimer partnered to launch the Women in Bourbon Oral History Project. This oral history project, built in collaboration with students, documents women who have played important roles in Kentucky’s bourbon industry. Doug Boyd and Janice Fernheimer reflect on this phase of the oral history project and some key themes expressed in the interviews. 
Access oral history interviews online: The Women in Bourbon Oral History Project.
Episode produced by Doug Boyd and Janice Fernheimer
Assistant Producers: Taylor Davis, Emily Fay, Qwenton Briggs
Music by Doug Boyd
 

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same sex marriage. This episode explores the stories of two Kentucky couples and one lawyer who were part of the legal fight that led to the Supreme Court–and brought marriage equality to the country. The interviews are drawn from two Nunn Center projects, OutSouth: LGBTQ+ Oral History Project and the John G. Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary. 
 
Produced by Doug Boyd and Anu Kasarabada; Music by Doug Boyd.
 

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was interviewed in Louisville, KY in 2013 for filmmaker Morgan C. Atkinson's documentary "The Many Storeys and Last Days of Thomas Merton" The Dalai Lama shared his memories of meeting Merton and the profound impact their friendship had on his life. Interview with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, 2013.  To learn more about Morgan Atkinson's documentaries: https://morganatkinson.com Music for this episode was composed by Doug Boyd
Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
 

This episode features an interview with Mark Lyon Thornewill, interviewed on January 23, 2018. In addition to telling a story about dancing with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in 1947, this episode explores Thornewill's many adventures as a British naval officer during World War II, a priest, a husband, and a father. This episode features an interview with Thornewill's daughter, Joanna Hay.
Interview with Mark Thornewill, January 23, 2018
Music was composed by Doug Boyd, with the exception of a licensed version of "the Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II. 

This episode explores ghost stories about ghosts at the Wild Turkey Distillery.  The ghost stories are from an oral history interview conducted in 2014 with Olivia J. Ripy for the Kentucky Bourbon Tales Oral History Project. 
This episode was produced by Doug Boyd and Maddy Williams.
Music was composed and produced by Doug Boyd
 

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this episode features a powerful oral history interview conducted on September 11, 2002, with flight attendant Janet Foushee. Foushee recalls her memories of working on a flight that day.
Produced by Doug Boyd; Music by Doug Boyd